The week: The 14 billion-bet, the game the President plays, new telecoms are on their way

K insights newsletter on 24/03

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria taps Russian imports from EU; Eleven Ventures names funded firms; OneCoin employee charged in USA

The day in 3 news: More tax collected than last year; Solar grid connection only at night; Consumer body to monitor food markups over 10%

The week: No, Bulgaria is not bankrupt - just dangerously populist

Money, guns and bloody populism (+ a really good book)

The day in 3 news: Velkova: "No risk of bankruptcy"; Large-scale PPA penned; Border pressure intensifies Finance Minister: Bulgaria will not go bust

Bulgaria: No Territorial transition plans, no EU billions for coal transition

The caretaker government’s decision to link territorial plans submission with Recovery Plan negotiation puts at risk 1.2 billion in funding for three regions transitioning away from coal

The day in 3 news: CoE backs Zarkov’s Prosecutor General’s oversight bill; Industrial production contracts in January; MRF, Vazrazhdane vie for 3rd spot: Gallup

The week: The hidden economy, The man who built Bulgaria, Don't call them by their name, Save the Tomatoes

Thousand shades of gray

The day in 3 news: ECJ sanctions coal plant over pollution; BGN 25 million for new traffic cameras; Pro-Russian protest in Sofia

Chinese interests creep into Bulgaria through municipalities and educational institutions

Unlike elsewhere in the Balkans, Beijing’s influence in Bulgaria remains limited, an expert report claims

The day in 3 news: Bulgaria’s gray economy worth BGN 55 billion; Turkey bans export of tomatoes; Sofia seeks nuclear sanctions derogation

The week: The sheriff is in town, where does all the asphalt go, and Telus won’t tell on us anymore

A thunder in the sky of dust

EU prosecutors pursue Kovachki-linked coal plants

Coal-powered plants with connections to controversial "consultant" Hristo Kovachki are accused of reporting falsified EU carbon allowances

The day in 3 news: Probe of CO2 emissions scheme in Kovachki TPPs; Business confidence revives; Vitosha Venture Partners bankrolls 5

How did Bulgaria get so expensive?

Record costs of essential foods have been driven by uncertainty in the supply chain, speculation, rising wages and inelastic demand

The week: Goodbye to the euro, see you again sometimes?

Is the euro coming at all, the Russian assets in Bulgaria are in for a freeze, trouble at the European prosecution

The day in 3 news: Radev blames WCC over Euro; Coal plant loses money; Bulgaria is 2nd worst in EU for road carnage

The week: The public shaming of Sofia continues, Record wage growth, A slap from across the Danube

K Insights Weekly Newsletter 17/02

The new Magnitsky sanctions for Bulgaria: Who has been named and why

The US continues its anti-corruption pressure in tandem with the UK, by adding two former ministers, two former MPs and an energy official to the list

The week: A tragedy worth uniting for, Plovdiv mayor announces independence and the US ambassador leaves

The better angels of our nature